One time,after World War Two ended, he brought his radio show to soldiers waiting at a base in California to return to civilian life.

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During the period of the Cold War, an estimated 30 million people in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union listened to him on the radio.

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This used to happen with radio, when War of the Worlds could cause a national panic.

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"He listened to King George VI on the radio in the war, and he thought, 'well, if a king can overcome his stammer, so can I', " Hooper said.

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So did every Arab with a radio, throughout the war, as it was the most popular programming in the Middle East.

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